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West Bengal · Assembly Constituency 7 · 2016

Dinhata

Winner — 2016

UDAYAN GUHA
AITC· All India Trinamool Congress
AITC 45.0%AIFB 35.3%8 others 19.7%
Votes
1,00,732
45.0% share
Winning margin
21,793
9.7% of votes
Total candidates
9
Turnout
81.8%
of 2,73,294

A clear win with a 9.7% margin.

Seat history

2 of 9 declare criminal cases · median assets ₹0.14 Cr — cases registered, not convictions

All Candidates

10 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
UDAYAN GUHA
AITC
All India Trinamool Congress
1,00,73245.0%
2
AKSHAY THAKUR
UPA
78,93935.3%
3
SACHINDRA NATH ADHIKARI
BJP
25,59811.4%
4
DEBENDRA NATH ROY
5,8422.6%
5
DR. MD. FAZLE HAQUE
IND
4,0101.8%
NOTA
NOTA
2,6191.2%
7
AMINAL HOQUE
WPOI
2,2201.0%
8
SABITRI BASUNIYA (ROY)
IND
2,1701.0%
9
ANITA BARMAN
IND
7770.3%
10
PRADIP ROY
7300.3%

DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.

High turnout (30th), a closer-than-average contest, an essentially two-way race.

LOADING SEAT HISTORY…

How safe is this seat?

SEAT
lean
9.7%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 14.6% · min 0.0% · max 35.5%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
96%
lowerhigher
30th of 294

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
2.13
fewer partiesmore parties
262nd of 294

How much NOTA?

SEAT
0.7%
lowerhigher
169th of 294

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
294 seats · 148 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
2.13EFFECTIVE PARTIES
AITC 45.0%AIFB 35.3%BJP 11.4%OTH 7.0%NOTA 1.2%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
2/9

declare criminal cases

median assets ₹0.14 Cr

A dense, urban district — less literate than the national rate.

Who lives here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
28,19,086
Density
832 / km²
Sex ratio
942 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
3,387 km²
SC population50.2%
ST population0.6%

What faith is practised here?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
74%HINDU
Hindu 74.1%Muslim 25.5%Other 0.4%

How developed is it?

DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water12.7%
Electricity27.6%
Sanitation59.2%

How healthy is it?

DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births93.0%
Children fully vaccinated94.2%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER28.7%
Children underweight (under 5)22.5%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER74.8%
Women literate79.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER46.7%
Clean cooking fuel25.7%
Health insurance36.0%

What's nearby?

SEATWIKIDATA · ASI
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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